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The influence of cadmium on life-history parameters and gut microflora of Archegozetes longisetosus (Acari: Oribatida) under laboratory conditions

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We tested the effect of cadmium (25, 130 μg Cd g−1), administered via Chinese cabbage (Brassica chinensis L.) as food on life-history parameters and gut microflora of tritonymphs and adults of the oribatid mite, Archegozetes longisetosus Aoki. Both concentrations of Cd had an adverse effect on offspring mortality, and the higher concentration also reduced female fecundity, as well as the number of bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes, and it changed the community structure of bacteria; the proportion of gram-negative bacteria increased while that of gram-positive bacteria declined. Interestingly, at the lower Cd concentration microflora was more abundant and diverse than in the control group, especially in the tritonymphs, although the mean activity of gut microflora was reduced. The higher Cd concentration reduced microflora activity both in the tritonymphs and adults.

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We are very grateful to Prof. R. A. Norton (SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, NY, USA) for his thorough revision of this manuscript and many valuable suggestions and comments that highly improved this manuscript, and for the language corrections. We thank Dr. M. Kobierski (Department of Soil Science, University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz) for preparing contaminated food and determination of its Cd content. We express our sincere gratitude to both anonymous reviewers and the editor for their helpful suggestions and improvements of this manuscript.

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Seniczak, A., Ligocka, A., Seniczak, S. et al. The influence of cadmium on life-history parameters and gut microflora of Archegozetes longisetosus (Acari: Oribatida) under laboratory conditions. Exp Appl Acarol 47, 191–200 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-008-9210-6

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